大学英语四级考试真题+答案.docx

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大学英语四级考试真题+答案

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题

Part1Writing（30minutes）

（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelow.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthemcommentonthiskindofmodernlife.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

THISMODERNLIFE:

WORKHOMEPLAYSLEEP

PARTIILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION（30MINUTES）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillbear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestionstherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswersheet1withasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1.A）HeispleasedtositonthecommitteeC）Hewilltellthewomanhisdecisionlater

B）HeiswillingtoofferthewomanahandD）Hewouldliketobecomeaclubmember

2.A）TheirplannedtriptoVancouverisobviouslyoverpriced

B）Theyshouldborrowaguidebookinsteadofbuyingone

D）ThelibrarycanhelporderguidebooksaboutVancouver

3.A）Heregretshavingtakenthehistorycourse

B）Hefindslittleinterestsinhistorybooks

C）Hehastroublefinishinghisreadingassignments

D）Hehasdifficultyinwritingtheweeklybookreport

4.A）Themanhadbetterchooseanotherrestaurant

B）Thenewrestaurantisaperfectplacefordating

C）Thenewrestaurantcaughtherfancyimmediately

D）Themanhasgoodtasteinchoosingtherestaurant

5.A）Hehasbeenlookingforwardtospring

C）Hewillcleanthewoman?

sbootsforspring

B）HehasbeenwaitingforthewintersaleD）Hewillhelpthewomanputthings

away

6.A）Atatailor?

sC）Inaclothstore

B）AtBob?

shomeD）Inatheatre

7.A）HisguestsfavorsTibetandrinksC）Mineralwaterisgoodforhealth

B）HiswaterisquiteextraordinaryD）Plainwaterwillservethepurpose

8.A）ReporttheresultofadiscussionC）Submitanimportantdocumentation

B）RaisesomeenvironmentalissuesD）Reviseanenvironmentalreport

Questions9to12arebasedontheconversationyoujustheard

9.A）Theypollutethesoilusedtocoverthem

B）Theyareharmfultonearbyneighborhoods

C）Therubbishinthemtakeslongtodissolve

D）Thegastheyemitisextremelypoisonous

10.A）GrowingpopulationsC）Changedeatinghabits

B）PackagingmaterialsD）Lowerproductioncost

11.A）BysavingenergyC）Byreducingpoisonouswastes

B）ByusinglessaluminumD）Bymakingthemostofmaterials

12.A）Wearerunningoutofnaturalresourcessoon

B）Onlycombinedeffortscanmakeadifference

C）Thewasteproblemwilleventuallyhurtallofus

D）Allofuscanactuallybenefitfromrecycling

Questions13to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

13.A）MiamiC）Bellingham

B）VancouverD）Boston

14.A）Togetinformationonone-wayticketstoCanada

B）Toinquireaboutthepriceof“Supersaver”seats

C）Togetadviceonhowtoflyascheaplyaspossible

D）Toinquireabouttheshortestroutetodrivehome

15.A）JoinatouristgroupC）Avoidtripsinpublicholidays

B）ChooseamajorairlineD）Bookticketsasearlyaspossible

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespoken

onlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarketedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkedthecorrespondletteronAnswersheetIwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Passageone

Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

16.A）Therearemysteriousstoriesbehindhisworks

B）Therearemanymisunderstandingsabouthim

C）Hisworkshavenomatchworldwide

d）Hispersonalhistoryislittleknown

17.A）HemovedtoStratford-on-AvoninhischildhoodB）Hefailedtogobeyondgrammarschool

C）Hewasamemberofthetowncouncil

D）Heonceworkedinawell-knowactingcompany

18.A）WritersofhistimehadnomeanstoprotecttheirworksB）PossiblesourcesofcluesabouthimwerelostinafireC）Hisworkswereadaptedbeyondrecognition

D）Peopleofhistimehadlittleinterestinhim

PassageTwo

Questions19-21arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard

19.A）Itshowsyouhavebeenignoringyourhealth

B）Itcanseriouslyaffectyourthinkingprocess

C）Itisanearlywarningofsomeillness

D）Itisasymptomoftwomuchpressure

20.A）ReduceourworkloadC）Usepainkillersforrelief

B）ControlourtemperD）Avoidmaskingsymptom

21.A）LyingdownandhavingsomesleepC）Goingoutforawalk

B）Rubbingandpressingone?

sbackD）Listeningtolightmusic

PassageThree

Questions22to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

22.A）DependingheavilyonloansC）.Spendingbeyondone?

smeans

B）HavingnobudgetplansatallD）.Leavingnoroomforlargebills

23.A）ManyofthemcanbecutC）Theirpaymentcannotbedelayed

B）AllofthemhavetobecoveredD）Theyeatupmostofthefamilyincome

24.A）RentahouseinsteadofbuyingoneC）Makeaconversationplan

B）DiscusstheprobleminthefamilyD）Movetoacheaperplace

25.A）FinancialissuesplaguingafamilyC）Familybudgetproblemsandsolutions

B）DifficultyinmakingbothendsmeetD）Newwaystoboostfamilyincome

SectionC

Directions:

inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

PerhapsbecausegoingtocollegeissomuchapartoftheAmericandream,many

peoplegoforno（26）_____reason.Somegobecausetheirparentsexpectit,othersbecause

it?

swhattheirfriendsaredoing.Then,there?

sthebeliefthatacollegedegreewill（27）____ensureagoodjobandhighpay.

Somestudents（28）____throughforyears,attendingclasses,orskipping（逃课）them

asthecasemaybe,readingonlywhatcan?

tbeavoided,lookingforless（29）_____courses,andneverbeingtouchedorchangedinanyimportantway.Fora

fewofthesepeople,collegeprovidesno（30）____，yetbecauseofparentalorpeer

pressure,theycannotvoluntarilyleave.Theystoptryinginthehopethattheirteacherswillmakethedecisionforthemby（31）____them.

Toputitbluntly（直截了当地），unlessyou?

rewillingtomakeyourcollegeyearscount,youmightbe（32）_____doingsomethingelse.Noteveryoneshouldattendcollege,

norshouldeveryonewhodoesattendbeginrightafterhighschool.Manycollegestudents（33）_____takingayearorsooff.Ayearoutintheworldhelpssomepeople

to（34）_____theirprioritiesandgoals.Ifyou?

rereallygoingtogetsomethingoutofgoing

tocollege,youhavetomakeitmeansomething,andtodothatyoumusthavesomeideawhyyou?

rethere,whatyouhopetogetoutofit,and（35）_____evenwhatyouhopeto

become.PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Direction:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentificatedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Question36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

It?

sourguiltypleasure:

WatchingTVisthemostcommoneverydayactivity,afterworkandsleep,inmanypartsoftheworld.AmericansviewfivehoursofTVeachday,

andwhileweknowthatspendingsomuchtimesitting___36___canleadtoobesity（肥

胖症）andotherdiseases,researchershavenowquantifiedjusthow___37___beingacouchpotatocanbe.

Inananalysisofdatafromeightlarge___38___publishedstudies,aHarvard-ledgroupreportedintheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociationthatforeverytwo

hoursperdayspentchannel___39___,theriskofdevelopingType2diabetes（糖尿

病）rose20%over8.5years,theriskofheartdiseaseincreased15%overa___40___,and

theoddsofdyingpermaturely___41___13%duringaseven-yearfollow-up.Allofthese___42____arelinkedtoalackofphysicalexercise.Butcomparedwithother

sedentary（久坐的）activities,likeknitting,viewingTVmaybeespecially__43___at

promotingunhealthyhabits.Forone,thesheernumberofhourswepasswatchingTVdwarfsthetimewespendonanythingelse.Andotherstudieshavefoundthatwatchingadsforbeerandpopcornmaymakeyoumorelikelyto___44___them.

Evenso,theauthorsadmitthattheydidn?

tcomparedifferentsedentaryactivitiesto___45___whetherTVwatchingwaslinkedtoagreaterriskofdiabetes,heartdiseaseorclearlydeathcomparedwith,say,reading.

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A）climbedI）previously

B）consumeJ）resume

C）decadeK）suffered

D）determineL）suffering

E）effectIveM）term

F）harmfulN）terminals

G）outcomesO）twisting

H）passively

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

Essay-grandingSoftwareOfficersProfessorsaBreak

[A]Imaginetakingacollegeexam,andinsteadofhandinginabluebookandgettingagradefromaprofessorafewweekslater,clickingthe“send”buttonwhenyouaredoneandreceivingagradebackinstantly,youressayscoredbyasoftwareprogram.Andthen,insteadofbeingdonewiththeexam,imaginethatthesystemwouldimmediatelyletyourewritethetesttotrytoimproveyourgrade.

[B]Edx,thenonprofitenterprisefoundedbyHarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTheology（MIT）tooffercoursesontheInternet,hasjustintroducedsuchasystemand

willmakeitsautomated（自动的）softwareavailablefreeontheWebtoanyinstitutions

thatwantstouseit.Thesoftwareusesartificialintelligencetogradestudentessaysandshortwrittenanswers,freeingprofessorsforothertasks.

[C]Thenewservicewillbringtheeducationalconsortium（联盟）intoagrowing

conflictovertheroleoftheautomationeducation.Althoughautomatedgradingsystemsformultiple-choiceandtrue-falsetestsarenowwidespread,theuseofartificialintelligencetechnologytogradeessayanswershasnotyetprovidedwidespreadacceptancebyeducationsandhasmanycritics.

[D]AnantAgarwal,anelectricalengineerwhoispresidentofEdx,predictedthattheinstantgradingsoftwarewouldbeausefulteachingtool,enablingstudentstotaketestsandwriteessaysoverandoverandimprovethequalityoftheiranswers.Hesaidthetechnologywouldofferdistinctadvantagesoverthetraditionalclassroomsystem,wherestudentsoftenwaitdaysorweeksforgrades.“Thereisahugevalueinlearningwith

instantfeedback,”Dr.Agarwalsaid,“Studentsaretellingustheylearnmu